Football Special Report: Transfers in Europe for the year 2010 (Part 1)
The year 2010 like always had a lot of new signings in football arena. This feature covers few top signings in Europe. Real Madrid is known to celebrate new players rather than the trophies, and as expected Real Madrid attracted a lot of star players. Real
Madrid changed their manager as well. Barcelona purchased a top ace striker and new comer proved his class and pedigree. Apart from these changes, there were few inductions in English Premier League especially for Manchester City. Few managers got changed
and replaced by new ones. As the New Year starts, the transfer window is opened and new signings are expected.
Mesut Ozil
Mesut Ozil is a star in making; immensely talented gem earned is name in the mega event World Cup 2010. German international, attacking midfielder was nominated for the Golden Ball Award during the World Cup played in http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/South-Africa-c757. Ozil was transferred from
Werder Bremen to Real Madrid, before switching he played 71 games for Werder Bremen and scored 13 goals. He joined star packed team of Real Madrid at the age of 21 and soon after that, he was immensely praised by media, fans and team members. His linkage with
other players in the team is delightful to watch, his skill and pace on the field is nightmare for the opposition. His transfer fee was 15 million Euros, has appeared 16 times for his new club, and has scored four goals so far.
David Silva
Short statured Silva is a Spaniard sensation on the field. He has an ability to play on the wing and as a midfielder. He is brilliant as a supporting striker and when he joined English Premier League, everyone was looking forward to see this top player playing.
He has played at different levels of http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Spain-c3011’s national team, but eventually settled in the senior team in 2006 and since then he has played 44 international games scoring 10 goals. David Silva opted to join Manchester City, signing a contract of four year deal.
Since July 2010, he has played 19 matches and scored one goal however, he has assisted few goals.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/David-Villa-c10629
Without a shadow of doubt, Villa is one of the top strikers in the modern era football. His exceptional career with http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Valencia-c40863 earned him his reputation and was spotted by giant clubs in Europe. Different clubs tried to land him however, Barcelona got him
in the end. After playing 166 matches and netting 108 times, Villa moved from Valencia to Barcelona for the fee of 40 million Euros. He agreed to a four year contract with his new club. He got his favourite number 7 shirt and there were over 35,000 supporters
at Camp Nou to witness Villa’s presentation. He settled into the team very quickly and was tailor made for the Barcelona team. So far, he is prolific in scoring for Barcelona and has scored 11 goals in just 15 matches.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Sami-Khedira-c32325
Sami was born in Germany to a German mother and Tunisian father, the fusion resulted a top class footballer. Sami earned his reputation after performing superbly in the FIFA world cup for http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Germany-c2904. He often plays at holding midfielder, and with his neat foot
work, he is efficient enough to link the ball upfront. For Germany, he has played 17 matches since 2009 and scored once. Sami wears 24 number jersey for his new club Real Madrid after he was transferred for an undisclosed fee. Real Madrid got him signed from
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/VfB-Stuttgart-c40879 and so far has featured in 15 games for Spanish giant club.
Angel di Maria
Argentinean right winger has an additional ability of scoring goals. He has scored two goals for http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Argentina-c2841 in 17 matches he had played over last three years. New induction in Real Madrid camp, he settled quickly in alien conditions of Spain. Previously he
was playing in http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Portugal-c2984 for Benfica and has scored seven goals in 76 games. His contract with Real Madrid was published through official website on 28th June 2010. He got transferred for 25 million Euros with and additional incentives of 11 million
Euros. It is always hard to penetrate into Real Madrid line up however; di Maria is doing pretty well under the command of Jose Mourinho. Angel di Maria netted five times in his 16 shows for Real Madrid.
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